The Swordsman of Faerûn

oops!my uncle!Aren't you trying to die?That old clapper Miles couldn't be more heartless and cruel!If you say that, don't you force him to kill you? !

It's just that the words that are spoken and the water that is spilled are already difficult to recycle.

Before Zeria could come up with a remedy, Miles on the side had already called for the guards to come forward, pointed at Anadol and shouted, "Catch this damn lunatic! Then cut off his head!"

Several soldiers with swords immediately strode up to the podium, ready to attack Anador.

Zeriya was quick to use her wits, stepped forward to stop the soldiers who were already furious, and then snatched the giant sound conch from Anador's hand, and said loudly: "Wait a minute! Even if you want to kill this arrogant emissary of the valley, it is best to wait until After twelve strokes of noon. We cannot cut off possible options before the matter is clear.

The future of the [-] citizens of Yuanshan City cannot be decided by you alone, Miles! "

Miles sneered and said, "Good-hearted Zeria! A traitor who eats inside and out! I am the lord of Yuanshan City! I have the qualifications!"

Not wanting Zeria, she shouted without giving in: "You didn't! Miles, don't forget that you are not the lord yet! You will be tomorrow!"

Glaring at Zeria who was confronting him tit for tat, Miles hated him so much that his teeth ached.

However, he still made a concession, and said through gritted teeth: "Okay! I'll wait until the noon bell rings! Zeria, I will personally chop off the head of this man named Taladim in front of you! I hope At that time, you can still stand in front of me so arrogantly."

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Phelan's time measurement is similar to that of William's previous life. It is also 24 hours a day, with twelve hours as a timing round, twelve hours of day and twelve hours of night.

Few people in Faerun accurately record or measure time, and even most people have no concept of scattered time. In many cases, they just roughly divide the time of a day into dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, evening, and dusk ( Sunset), night, midnight, late night (dark moon-heart of night) and end of night.

Among them, noon represents the middle of the day, and midnight is not only the deepest hour of night, but also has mysterious properties associated with the magic net.

It should be noted that the caster has a limit of spell slots, and how many spells are used every day is counted.And those spell slots that are used, no matter what time of the day they are consumed, will be refreshed immediately after midnight.

In order to facilitate people's life, many more sophisticated cities will ring the bell at noon to represent half of the day. Of course, some places will use other methods instead. the fire of the city instead.

There is a big bell on the defense tower of Yuanshan City. Whenever it is noon, the bell ringer will strike twelve times in a row to show respect for time.

Of course, if there is an invasion by foreign enemies, this big bell will also be sounded urgently, sending a warning to the citizens of the whole city with a rapid bell.

But at this time today, Carmon, the bell ringer with a crooked neck, felt extremely nervous, because many upper-level figures from the distant mountain city came to the bell ringer's work site.

Crooked neck Carmon is an abandoned child born with a disability, but it is not easy for him to live and grow up, not only because he is humble enough, but also because he is lucky enough.

Humility allows Carmon to save his life as much as possible in the face of those disgusting malice; luck allows Carmon to be taken care of by a kind fisherman when he was young, so that he can barely survive the worst Dangerous childhood.

When Camon was old enough to support himself, he was lucky enough to meet the second nobleman in his life, a woman who he thought was the most beautiful in the world, even the gods in the sky could not hide her brilliance.

That's Kamon's goddess!

For the first time in his life, Kamon awakened the sprout of youth. He hid this sprout in the deepest part of his heart, and then silently prayed for the goddess in his heart and blessed her.

An old linen jacket, the first complete gift Carmon had ever received.Carmon treasured this gift, and he would only wear the jacket once before going to bed at night, then took it off and folded it neatly, and put it at the bottom of his storage box.

Now Carmon pressed his crooked head tightly on the cold stone floor, knelt there and let a few boring nobles kick his dirty buttocks, and then listened to their words in silence. conversation.

The conversation of these ruthless guys could not have aroused Kamon's interest, but they mentioned his goddess-Zeria.

What a kind and beautiful nobleman that is!Whenever Carmon thinks of her, his heart beats rapidly, his head feels dizzy, and his body feels as limp as if he was lying on a pile of wool.

This is the most appropriate description that Carmon can think of. With his knowledge and literary talent, it is impossible to use "fog in the clouds" as a metaphor. He does not have so many artistic talents.

When these damned superiors mentioned the beautiful goddess Zeria, and there was a lot of foul language in it, Kamon, who was lying on the ground, clenched his fist tightly, and then let it go without a trace. , but a stern look flashed in the corner of his eyes that no one could see.

Carmon's status is low, his body is deformed, not his brain is faulty, and his hard and difficult experiences have created a strong heart.

While secretly listening to the conversations of several members of the Great Council of the Far Mountain City, Kamon secretly planned how to help the kind, beautiful and noble Zeria.

In fact, the secret lover relationship between Zeria and Miles is almost an open secret in Yuanshan City, and even Kamon, a small person belonging to the bottom of Yuanshan City, has heard of it.

However, unlike most people who regard Zeria's approach to Miles as a kind of climbing, Kamon thinks that the old and ugly Miles is completely unworthy of the beautiful Zeria. The old guy's heart is Black, but to look at Ms. Zeria is a kind of blasphemy against kindness.

Kamon always believed that it was Miles who used his power to oppress the goddess, so that the beautiful and kind Zeria had to submit to that old bastard.

But now, what these congressmen said undoubtedly confirmed Carmon's guess.

Let's see!Ms. Zeria finally couldn't bear the bullying of the evil old bastard Miles and decided to stand up, and then the damned Crimson Feather's henchmen and Miles began to take revenge on poor Zeria.

Apparently they had seized on the lady's weakness, and the lady's uncle was about to become the first victim of this rebellion.

What cruelty, what evil, those bastards would chop off poor Uncle Anadol's head when the bell struck noon!

All because of the resistance of a kind woman who could not bear to be humiliated!

Carmon was obsessed with his fictional fantasies, but this did not affect what he was about to do.

It was time to strike the bell at noon.

Except for Carmon, the bell ringer who keeps time all year round, most people are actually not very sensitive to time.Carmon deliberately delayed the time and refused to get up to ring the bell. Other than waiting anxiously, the people felt that the time passed so slowly, but no one suspected that the lowly bell ringer was playing tricks.

Finally someone got tired of waiting.

Two senior members of the Crimson Feather came from the plaza under the clock tower.The square was already full of people, including a group of executioners who were waiting for the bell to ring to chop off the head of the outsider Anador.

The two senior councilors came to the top of the bell tower, saw a few companions who had been waiting here, and looked at the bell ringer who was lying on the ground, and couldn't help saying angrily: "You lowly ugly ghost! Why don't you ring the bell?" ?”

Carmon didn't dare to answer. He has experience in this matter, so it's okay if he doesn't answer. If he dares to talk back, his fate will definitely be difficult.

One of the nobles who had been waiting here said, "Perhaps the time has not come yet! Even if you think about it, this bitch wouldn't dare to play tricks to delay the matter!"

It's a pity that Carmon delayed on purpose.

The senior member of Crimson Feather just came up, but shouted: "Even if the time has not come yet! Hey! That ugly ghost! Hurry up and ring the bell! We are waiting for that idiot from the Taladim family below! Beheaded!"

Carmon secretly took a deep breath. He knew that he could not disobey the other party's order, so he could only slowly get up and walk towards the place where the bell was ringing.

Perhaps because he disliked Carmon's slow movements, one of the congressmen kicked him hard on the buttocks. The bell ringer who kicked him staggered involuntarily, but he didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction at all.

Carmon grabbed the rope of the bell hammer and rang the bell fiercely, as if he had absorbed all the grievances and sufferings in his heart into it.

As the melodious bell rang, almost everyone showed cruel and cheerful expressions when they heard the sound.But soon they couldn't laugh, because it was not the twelve-stroke clock representing noon, but the rapid bell representing the emergency alarm.

Without waiting for the big guys to react, they saw a huge fire bird soaring from the sky above the southern city wall, like the legendary fire phoenix, nobler than the dragon, landed lightly on the top of the city.

There were already many soldiers stationed on the top of the city, but when they saw the huge firebird falling, they couldn't help shouting together, and then fled in a hurry.

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The people of Faerun have long been accustomed to all kinds of monsters attacking the city. They know very well when to defend desperately and when to focus on protecting themselves.

For example, when a dragon or a similar monster raids a city, as a soldier, don't think about showing off. It is the wisest choice to hide and save your life.

It's not that the soldiers are not brave enough, but they know very well that only those truly strong human beings are qualified to deal with these top attackers, and ordinary soldiers cannon fodder are not qualified to intervene at all.

The cursed fire phoenix danced lightly on the wall of Yuanshan City, almost attracting the attention of the entire city, but suddenly stopped in mid-air outside the city wall, and its whole body began to shine brightly.

The light was so blinding that most viewers had to look away.

Praise William!He is so kind!

Suddenly, a thousand suns shone in the sky as if in an instant, and the terrifying light that could burn through the eyes erupted at the south wall of Yuanshan City.Most of the people who just looked away felt sore eyes, and then couldn't help but burst into tears. Only a few brave guys covered their dirty bloody eye sockets with their hands, and let out a mournful wail.

Even those who closed their eyes in advance during the frightening flash just now felt that their eyes were completely white, and their tears couldn't stop streaming down, but they soon recovered their eyesight.

Except for a few people who closed their eyes in advance, most of them were warned by William. Among them were William's immediate guards and companions, as well as some spies of the Harper Alliance.

However, those who had been warned in advance didn't have the time to admire the terrifying power of energy. They hurriedly followed the warning they had received before and searched for shelters as much as possible, because the terrible shock wave was coming.

A huge mushroom cloud is rising into the sky, while Yuanshan City's strong city wall, which is strong enough to withstand the impact of the most terrifying monsters, is torn apart like a child's building block toy.

Even the hardest granite is not much stronger than a piece of soft cheese under this terrible force. The hot high temperature ablated the ground into dark red magma, and the hot current flowed on the ground.

At this time, after the shock wave that threatened the people of Yuanshan City tore apart the south wall of Yuanshan City, its power was slightly weakened, but it still spread to the interior of the city with an unstoppable impact.

Fortunately, there were not many residents near the south wall of Yuanshan City. The city built on the mountain just formed an upward slope here, leaving two checkpoints for tax collection and internal defense.

After the shock wave cleared two more checkpoints and eliminated most of the power under the buffer of the slope, it turned into a hurricane and blew across the distant mountain city. Although many buildings in the city were damaged by the hurricane, But generally speaking, not many people were killed, but quite a few were injured.

When the hurricane blew past the bell tower, Carmon had already found a place to hide from the wind, relying on his familiarity with the buildings under his feet.The nobles of Yuanshan City who had been stupefied for a long time did not have such good luck.

They had just been stimulated by the intense light, and their eyes were still inexplicably painful at this time. At this time, the strong wind hit, and the three unlucky people were directly thrown out of the bell tower, dancing and screaming, and fell down.

Fortunately, there were two lucky people who saved their lives temporarily by holding on to the corners and pillars of the clock tower building, but they didn't expect two stones the size of eggs to fly out of the corner and hit the cheeks of two congressmen.

Accompanied by two short screams, the two poor guys subconsciously let go of their grasping hands under the severe pain, and then fell down from the bell tower one after another.

As a result, the bell tower became one of the places with the heaviest casualties in this incident in Yuanshan City.

On the square in front of the bell tower, the onlookers who were about to watch the beheading no longer cared about whether the prisoner's head was round enough and whether the blood was sprayed high enough. Even the most hard-hearted executioner gave up his head. Duties, they just want to save their little lives in the terrible hurricane, all kinds of screams and cries are endless.

Among them, all the spellcasters present were the ones who were most impacted. It should be noted that they have suffered from the loss of magic power for several months, but they all feel that magic has been away from them for centuries.

Just like the long ears in the next world lost their sunwell, magic is addictive, and the feeling of losing power corrodes the heart of every desperate person like the most vicious curse.

What makes spellcasters most desperate is that this phenomenon of losing magic is universal, at least not one exception can be found in Yuanshan City.

But just at this time, a fire bird with obvious magical brilliance suddenly appeared in front of everyone. How can you make these lost demons not distracted, and then become crazy and extremely jealous.

So when [Nuclear Phoenix] erupted, almost all the spellcasters who were not warned chose to endure the dazzling light and stare at the indescribable scene, and then basically their eyeballs were burned by the terrible light radiation.

When the hurricane moved away from Yuanshan City and the mushroom cloud stagnated and dissipated high in the sky, people finally had the opportunity to look up and see the scene after the upheaval.

The sight was full of devastation, the south wall of Yuanshan City had long since disappeared, leaving only a pit covered with glaze paste.A large number of buildings near the city wall were destroyed, and more buildings in the city were also destroyed by the hurricane transformed by the shock wave.

It is not uncommon for the injured and the dead to be crying and wailing everywhere.

People who still have the ability to walk walked among the messy streets, while many members of the Scarlet Feather in the square were frightened and frightened, but turned their panic and anger to the one who was standing on the execution platform wantonly laughing figure.

Anadol was naturally terrified of William's technique of planting mushrooms with a big bird, but at the same time, he also felt infinite pride and hope. This is the person he wants to follow!

At this moment, Anadol is extremely convinced that as long as his thoughts don't slip, then he will be able to regain the favor of the goddess of magic.

Therefore, even though the ecstatic pastor was bound by ropes, he stood in front of the execution platform like a martyr who feared death, roaring loudly:

"Look! The reptiles of Yuanshan City! Look at this doomsday magical power! The glory of the goddess of magic is watching this city! Watching you! Look! This is the end of resistance and hesitation..."

Many brave people in the distant mountain city began to look fiercely at Anador. They desperately wanted to kill the accomplice of the damned disaster maker and avenge those who unfortunately died and were injured.

And at this time, a scene that made all the distant mountain cities even more desperate appeared.

A whole ten terrifying firebirds, or cursed fire phoenixes, suddenly appeared from the southern sky. They were like messengers of death, dancing lightly over the distant mountain city. The heart of the city trembled once.

No one would doubt the reality of those world-destroying fire spirits. It was their appearance that raised the temperature in the entire Yuanshan City by several degrees.

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On the three-acre land of Faerun, it is actually not uncommon for one person and one monster to destroy or conquer a city or even a city-state.

For example, before Elminster embarked on the mage's path, his city-state was destroyed by an evil dragon-riding mage.As for some giant dragons relying on their own strength to threaten or occupy human cities and kingdoms, it is not uncommon in history.

So when William used his terrifying power to threaten Yuanshan City to surrender, although people marveled at his strength, they were not surprised by it.

And the people in Yuanshan City didn't feel any embarrassment about submitting to William. They almost scrambled to untie the envoy who represented William's will, and flatteringly expressed their obedience to the conqueror.

Of course, as far as the knowledge and level of the locals in Yuanshan City are concerned, the means of expressing submission are relatively poor.

Open the gate of the inner castle, put up a solid white flag, and then the city representative presents a scepter or a ceremonial sword to the conqueror to symbolize the city-state's right to rule.

As for the tone of William's previous life, such as "the emperor and his ministers are in plain clothes (no shoes), women are dressed in plain clothes, and cows and horses greet each other", people here really can't imagine it.

It is both unexpected and reasonable, but the person who presented the scepter on behalf of Yuanshan City was the female mage Zeriya Taladim, who was unanimously recognized by all the people of Yuanshan City as the best candidate .

Of course, the "people from Yuanshancheng who are qualified to speak" are basically members from Crimson Feather.In fact, the most suitable presenter should be Miles, who was only one step away from taking office, but the behind-the-scenes ruler of this distant mountain city disappeared after the city wall was destroyed.

William did not go to accept the surrender in person, but appointed Phinea and Kaoyi as substitutes.After all, the Yuanshan City was conquered by one person coercing a city. William needs to keep a little mystery, which is conducive to the establishment of the ruling order of Yuanshan City. This is not a joke, but a real truth, the truth about the change of people's hearts.

Take Zhentil Castle on the opposite side of Yuanshan City as an example. Manson, the leader of the Zhentarim Society, the largest underground organization in Zhentil Castle, is a top archmage that can be counted in the entire world of Faerun.

Before the disconnection of the magic net, Mansong had always maintained a mysterious posture in the Zhentarim. Except for a few confidantes, almost no one had really seen his true appearance. It can be said that he only saw his power, but not others.

The Zhentarim has remained surprisingly stable for nearly a century under Manshin's unique mode of dominance, except for a few people and events who have strayed from the Zhentarim for various reasons , there has been almost no incident of opposition to Mansson's leadership within the organization.

And it was the disconnection of the magic net this time that made Mansong lose the mysterious power support to maintain his image, and Mansong had to appear in front of the core members of the Zhentarim Society in person to ensure the protection of the Zhentarim Society. command effectiveness.

And when Mansong appeared in the image of a real person, a series of halos representing mystery, majesty, greatness, and tyranny on his body suddenly disappeared from the hearts of Zhentarim members, and those rebellious guys no longer treated Mansong. Song remained in awe, and some unreasonable thoughts quietly arose in the hearts of many ambitious members.

In another timeline without William, even if the magic net came back online soon, Mansong once again recovered the strength of the top archmage, but his mysterious image in the minds of his subordinates was gone forever, Zhentarim Various small actions and battles within the guild continued to occur, and even a few years later, a new strongman within the Zhentarim - Fuzor Cherbury took the opportunity to snipe and kill Mansong, and completely removed him from the Zhentarim leader. cast off from his throne.

Of course, maintaining the mysterious image of the leader is not omnipotent in the management of the country and the organization, and William doesn't have so many utilitarian ideas, he just finds it troublesome, and doesn't care about the scenery that is feared and supported by the people of the city .

Although it is really cool to conquer a city by one person, after the conquest is successful, it would be foolish to rely on coercion to maintain the rule.In William's previous life, the dynasties and countries that relied on coercion to establish the country did not have the Tyranny of the Qin Dynasty and the Great Yuan Dynasty, but these two dynasties had the shortest life spans in their official rule.

There are many better ways to win people's hearts in William's mind. It is precisely the best choice for him not to accept the surrender.

When she handed over the scepter of dominion, Xeriya felt extremely restless. Of course, it wasn't that she didn't want to hand it in, but that the two accepting people on the opposite side made it difficult for her to calm down.

Zeria has always been extremely confident in her beauty, but the two guys opposite her are exactly the same as her in appearance, and what's more, they enjoy the glory of the winners.